Sentence examples for essentially challenged from inspiring English sources

Torre essentially challenged Wells by letting him know his spot in the rotation was in jeopardy if he did not prove he was ready.

Returning quickly with a stand-alone bill seeking repeal, its supporters framed the new measure as a narrow civil rights matter and essentially challenged opponents to impede a vote.

When Judge Loretta A. Preska, a federal district court judge, issued an injunction on Friday allowing the churches to stay for now, she essentially challenged a higher court decision.

By bringing up the two nominees on the floor for a vote, Mr. Lott essentially challenged Mr. Inhofe to block the consideration with prolonged debate, a filibuster, or fold.

Steinbrenner, the Yankees' principal owner, also inferred that the 32-year-old Knoblauch was afraid to return because of his throwing problems and essentially challenged him to get back onto the field.

Soon after, in one of his many acerbic interviews, Trump essentially challenged Tillerson to an IQ test.

Slow means that Alabama Chanin is run on the tenets of the Slow Food movement, which essentially challenges one to use local ingredients harvested and put together in a socially and environmentally responsible way.

In two Michel Legrand songs, "The Summer Knows" and "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?," Ms. von Otter was a model of vocal grace and subtlety, essentially challenging the audience to lean in and listen.

Mr. Buck and Ms. Norton have engaged in an intense back and forth as well, with Ms. Norton essentially challenging Mr. Buck's manhood for allowing an independent group to run television commercials attacking her on his behalf.

The Mets' owner, Fred Wilpon, had mocked Reyes's injury history in The New Yorker in May, essentially challenging Reyes and Greenberg to match the seven-year, $142 million contract Boston gave Carl Crawford last winter.

Capital punishment lawyers from around the country have said the Suffolk County case is providing New York with its first example of a type of death penalty defendant that has troubled judges around the country: so-called volunteers, who tie the system in knots by essentially challenging the courts to put them to death.